In other up to the minue news, a Mr. Henry Ford has invented a 'horseless carriage'.
On Mar 25, 10:22 am, soufien titi <soufient...@gmail.com> wrote: > In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday it > is developing an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome Web > browser. > > The move sharpens the already-intense competition between Google and > Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions > of the vast majority of personal computers. > > In a post on its company blog, Google said the operating system would > initially be aimed at netbooks, the compact, low-cost computers that > have turned the PC world on its head. It said the open-source > software, called Chrome OS, would be available in the second half of > next year. > > "Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome > OS," the blog post said. "We're designing the OS to be fast and > lightweight, to start up and get you onto the Web in a few seconds." > > Google already has developed an operating system for mobile phones, > called Android. And several manufacturers of netbooks are also using > that software. > > Google has long promoted a vision of computing in which applications > delivered over the Web play an increasingly central role, replacing > software that runs on the desktop. > > In that world, applications run directly inside an Internet browser, > rather than atop an operating system, the traditional software that > controls most of the operations of a PC. > > Last year, Google released the Chrome browser, which it described as a > tool for users to interact with increasingly powerful Web programs, > like Gmail and Google Docs, along with Web applications created by > other companies. > > Since then, Google has been adding capabilities to Chrome, such as > allowing it to run applications even when a user is not connected to > the Internet. > > It is not clear how much work it would take for Google to turn Chrome > into the central part of a full-fledged operating system. But in a > recent interview, Marc Andreessen, who developed the first commercial > browser and co-founded Netscape, said Chrome was well along that path. > > The rise of netbooks has started to challenge some of Microsoft's > dominance in personal-computing software. > > The first wave of netbooks relied on various versions of the open- > source Linux operating system, and major PC makers like Hewlett- > Packard and Dell have backed the Linux software. > > To combat these efforts, Microsoft began offering its older Windows XP > operating system for use on netbooks at a low price. It also has vowed > that the next generation of Windows, Windows 7, due this fall, will > run well on the tiny laptops. > > Via http://freeworldnewrbegining.blogspot.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
